Linda Fairstein

News about Linda Fairstein, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Apr. 27, 2014

Crime novelist Linda Fairstein loves her high-rise apartment in postwar building on Upper East Side for its top-notch security and city views; she has decorated it with family heirlooms as well as her collection of leather-bound books, pens and inkwells. MORE

Jul. 18, 2012

Mystery writers like Linda Fairstein have long written books that combined elements of food and crime; plot of her 14th crime novel, Night Watch, which is inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, drops bread crumbs leading from one famous, or infamous, Manhattan restaurant to another. MORE

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The prosecutor and team of detectives in Linda Fairstein's new crime novel, ''Night Watch,'' navigate and dine their way through a dozen restaurants. Here are a few that add clues and plot points (not to mention entrees) to the spicy murder...